UNITED STATES v. REAGAN

No. 71-1262.

453 F.2d 165 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Howard D. REAGAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

December 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Carroll (Court appointed), Cleveland, Ohio and William E. Fuller, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Robert W. Jones, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio (Frederick M. Coleman, U. S. Atty., Edward F. Marek, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, McCREE, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for voluntary manslaughter. 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1111 provides that murder in the first degree is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought or if committed in perpetration of any robbery or burglary within "the special maritime * * * jurisdiction of the United States."

18 U.S.C. Sec. 7 specifically defines the special maritime jurisdiction of the United States as follows:...

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